I'm hoping the cooler waters up there will help lessen the intensity. Good luck!!
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:53 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us> wrote: > Earl is huge. I read this morning that the area covered by Earl is larger > than the state of California. It will engulf little ole NS and perhaps PEI > and most of New Brunswick and some of Maine. In any case, you are in for a > wet weekend. > > Be careful and stay safe. > > > > > Dylan Haines wrote: >> >> Ready and waiting, water, propane, batteries and extra beer laid on. >> Bill was also Cat1 last year and he was a pussycat. No worries. A good >> nor'easter up here can actually be worse than a Cat1 as they go on much >> longer (24+ hours) >> >> The track has moved a litte north of us (on Monday it was directly >> overhead) >> into the Bay of Fundy possibly - given the Bay of Fundy has the worlds >> highest tides of 28 feet that could be fun to watch. :-) >> Given the size of Earl we'll feel it no matter where it lands - Nova >> Scotia >> is fairly small. PEI where I was last week is tiny. >> >> It's the next 3 storms lined up behind Earl that might keep it wet and >> windy >> for a while. The coast of Africa is cranking out the storms in overdrive >> this year. The gulf down there is likely to see a couple of nasty ones >> before it's over, lets hope New Orleans is spared any more grief. >> >> Dylan >> >> Dylan Haines >> Systems Technical Support Manager >> >> HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box 725, The Hive >> 37 Hall Street >> Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 >> >> Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 >> Cell: (902)553-0706 >> Fax: (902)634-3647 >> >> www.hb-studios.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays >> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:26 PM >> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >> >> I just read where Earl is supposed to make landfall sometime Saturday >> morning as a strong category 1 hurricane over southern Nova Scotia. Do we >> know anyone who lives in southern Nova Scotia???? It says category 1 >> - a STRONG category 1 and it still says HURRICANE. >> Dylan, prepare and be safe....... >> >> >> >> >> >> Mike Swanson wrote: >> >>> >>> Sitting in an apartment pool with some other 20-something morons watching >>> >> >> the roofs of the buildings blow over our heads during Alicia. Hey, we >> could >> duck under water if the debris got to close; just did not want to spill >> anything. >> >>> >>> Our managers were trying to get us to take support calls during the best >>> >> >> part of the storm to keep some systems up. I did not go because the >> streets >> were flooded too much. >> >>> >>> ---------- >>> "He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." >>> --- Benjamin Franklin >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Bob Morse" <bmo...@d168.org> >>> To: "Tech-Geeks Mailing List" <tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:00:25 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago >>> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >>> >>> Don't recall the name of the hurricane but it was in the 80's when I >>> lived in Ft. Lauderdale, I was 16, waited until the hurricane was coming >>> ashore, drove to the beach, went out on the very end of the Pompano Beach >>> Pier, wrapped my arms around the railing and allowed the waves, wind, and >>> rain wash over me. The entire pier was moving, shaking and groaning under >>> the stress of the waves battering it. It was thrilling and exhilarating at >>> 16 years old. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >>> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Williams, Scott >>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:42 AM >>> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >>> >>> I also spent time on Hurricane Hunters, turbo charged P3's. A whole >>> summer, based out of Champaign, IL. >>> >>> Scott >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >>> [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] >>> On Behalf Of Richard Kasson [rkas...@valmeyerk12.org] >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:41 PM >>> To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' >>> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >>> >>> I was in Elena in 1985. I remember standing in the shelter and watching >>> the rain go sideways and seeing corrugated aluminum fly by the doors of the >>> shelter at 125 +MPH. We didn't have high water because of the way Elena >>> traveled, but what the wind did was enough. I also flew through Elena and a >>> couple others on orientation flights with the Hurricane Hunters. I find the >>> storms interesting and would like to work at the Hurricane center after my >>> life as a geek, but I really don't want to have my house and family have to >>> try to get away from >>> >> >> another one. >> >>> >>> Stay safe Dylan. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >>> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bob Morse >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:10 PM >>> To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' >>> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >>> >>> Oh yeah...I lived in S. Florida and hurricanes and the teenage years >>> provided some interesting (stupid) experiences that I wouldn't do now if you >>> paid me!!! >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >>> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Swanson >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:54 PM >>> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Hurricane season >>> >>> I remember living on the Gulf Coast when I was a little geek... man, when >>> I was younger we did some stupid things during hurricanes... I guess now >>> that I am responsible I would just move inland. My mom has a house on the NC >>> coast. 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